On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 at 11:10, Raphael Mankin <r...@mankin.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Attached  is a MWE.
>
> I tried using explicit syllable lengths, but it appears that they were
> ignored. So writing "rhythm4" or "jer8 -- "ky8" does nothing.

That's because you use \addlyrics.
As mentioned in the doc, this is the same as \new Lyrics \lyricsto of the
voice immediately preceding it.

> Switching the order of the voices in << ... >> made no difference; it
> always aligned to the shorter notes. So " << c4 \\ {a8  a8 } >>" or "<<
> {a8  a8 } \\ c4 >>" yielded the same result.

This is the main reason I recommend staying away from << { } \\ { } >>.
As mentioned in the doc, this is equivalent to creating new voices called
"1" and "2", thus different from the voice outside of this construct.

Kind regards,
Xavier

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